much less; to say nothing of
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
guess; conjecture; surmise
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
sour look; surly face; pout
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to stiffen; to become stiff
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
news; word; tidings; omen
polite; respectful; reverent